Lifehacker.com

Infobox Website
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caption=Screenshot of Lifehacker as of September 12, 2007
name=Lifehacker
commercial=Yes
url=http://lifehacker.com
type=Blog
registration=Optional
owner=Gawker Media
author=Gina Trapani (Senior editor: Adam Pash; Associate editor: Kevin Purdy; Weekend editor: Tamar Weinberg)

Lifehacker is an advertising-supported weblog about life hacks and software which launched on January 31, 2005. The site is owned by Gawker Media and covers Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux programs as well as time-saving tips and tricks. The staff updates the site about 18 times each weekday, with reduced updates on weekends. The Lifehacker motto is:

"Computers make us more productive. Yeah, right. Lifehacker recommends the software downloads and web sites that actually save time. Don't live to geek; geek to live."

Writers

"Current Editors ( as of 16 October 2007)"

Founding editor Gina Trapani was the sole Lifehacker blogger until September 2005, when two associate editors joined her. [cite web | url = http://lifehacker.com/software/announcements/introducing-team-lifehacker-triple-threat-123872.php | title = Introducing Team Lifehacker, triple threat | author = Gina Trapani | work = Lifehacker.com | date = September 6, 2005 | accessdate = 2007-01-18 ] In addition to Trapani, the current blogging staff includes Senior Editor, Adam Pash; Associate Editor, Kevin Purdy; and Weekend Editor, Tamar Weinberg. [cite web | url=http://lifehacker.com | title = Lifehacker homepage| accessdate = 2007-07-09] Former associate editors include Wendy Boswell, Rick Broida [cite web | url= http://lifehacker.com/software/announcements/farewell-rick-259724.php | title=Farewell, Rick! | work=Lifehacker | date=2007-05-11 | accessdate=2007-05-11] , D. Keith Robinson [cite web | url= http://lifehacker.com/software/announcements/ciao-from-keith-177373.php | title=Ciao from Keith | work=Lifehacker | author = D. Keith Robinson | date=2006-05-31 | accessdate=2007-01-25] , and Erica Sadun. [cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/software/announcements/lifehacker-guest-editor-adam-pash-134623.php|title=Lifehacker Guest Editor: Adam Pash|date=2005-11-02|accessdate=2007-01-25|work=Lifehacker] Lifehacker's frequent guest posts have included articles by Matt Haughey, [cite web|url=http://www.lifehacker.com/software/announcements/guest-editor-this-week-matt-haughey-160111.php|title =Guest editor this week: Matt Haughey|date=2006-03-13|accessdate=2007-07-09|work=Lifehacker] Eszter Hargittai, [cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/software/announcements/this-weeks-guest-editor-122649.php|title=This Week s Guest Editor|date=2005-08-29|accessdate=2007-07-09|work=Lifehacker] Jason Thomas, Stewart Rutledge, Joe Anderson, [cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/software/announcements/this-weeks-guest-editor--joe-anderson-189686.php|title=This week's guest editor: Joe Anderson|date=2006-07-25|accessdate=2007-07-09|work=Lifehacker] Jeff Jarvis, [cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/software/web-2.0-conference/special-report--web-20-conference-129479.php|title=Special Report: Web 2.0 Conference|date=2005-10-06|accessdate=2007-07-09|work=Lifehacker] Meg Hourihan, [cite web|url=http://lifehacker.com/software/rsi/how-to-mouse-goofy-176290.php|title=How to mouse goofy|date=2006-05-25|accessdate=2007-07-09|work=Lifehacker] and Erik Benson.

Advertising

Lifehacker launched in January 2005 with an exclusive sponsorship by Sony. The highly-publicized ad campaign was rumored to have cost $75,000 for three months. [cite web | url = http://businesslogs.com/advertising/sony_paying_25k_per_month_for_lifehacker_blog_sponsorship.php | title = Sony Paying $25k Per Month for Lifehacker Blog Sponsorship | author = Mike Rundle | work = businesslogs.com | date = February 1, 2005 | accessdate = 2007-01-18 ] Gawker Media never confirmed this number, and the campaign ended after 2 monthsFact|date=January 2007. Since then a variety of tech-oriented advertisers have appeared on the siteFact|date=January 2007. [cite web | url = http://gawker.com/advertising/demographics | work = Gawker Media | title = Internal Surveys from July, 2006 | month = July | year = 2006 | accessdate = 2007-01-18 ]

Accolades

* "TIME" magazine named Lifehacker one of their [http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1222769,00.html "Sites We Can't Live Without"] in 2006, and one of their [http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1072872,00.html 50 Coolest Web Sites] in 2005
* CNET named Lifehacker in their [http://news.com.com/2310-10784_3-0.html Blog 100] in October 2005
* "Wired" magazine presented Gina Trapani with a Rave Award in 2006 for [http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/gina.html Best Blog] .
* In the Seventh Annual Weblog Awards, Lifehacker was awarded [http://2007.bloggies.com/ Best Group Weblog]
*PC Magazine named Lifehacker in [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2192058,00.asp Our Favourite 100 Blogs] in October 2007

International Editions

Lifehacker Australia officially launched on August 28th, 2007 [ [http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2007/08/lifehacker_au_goes_live.html Lifehacker AU Goes Live] (Aug. 28, 2007). Retrieved on 31st August 2007.] . It features most posts from the US edition along with extra content specific to Australian readers.

ee also

* Life hack

References

Further reading

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External links

* [http://lifehacker.com/ Lifehacker website]
* [http://www.lifehacker.com.au/ Lifehacker Australia]
* [http://lifehacker.jp/ Lifehacker Japan]